US 12,139,802 B2
Electrolyzer power management and power system control
Prasad Pmsvvsv, San Jose, CA (US); Chaitanya Mandela, San Jose, CA (US); and Rakesh Roy, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Bloom Energy Corporation, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/178,865.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/316,950, filed on Mar. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0279571 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. C25B 15/023 (2021.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01); C25B 1/04 (2021.01)
CPC C25B 15/023 (2021.01) [H02J 3/001 (2020.01); C25B 1/04 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrolyzer system, comprising:
a first stage comprising an AC to DC conversion device and an AC to DC conversion device controller, said AC to DC conversion device controller configured to encode power curtailment information as a DC bus voltage level using a DC droop characteristic; and
a second stage comprising a DC/DC converter and a DC/DC controller, said DC/DC controller configured to decode the DC bus voltage level to power information.